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Al-Hakam II

915 - 976

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Al-Hakam II, also known as Abū al-ʿĀṣ al-Mustanṣir bi-Llāh al-Hakam b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (أَبُو الْعَاصٍ الْمُسْتَنْصِرِ بِاللهِ الْحَكْمِ بْن عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ; 13 January 915 – 16 October 976), was the Caliph of Córdoba. He was the second Umayyad Caliph of Córdoba in Al-Andalus, and son of Abd-al-Rahman III and Murjan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Hakam II has received more than 303,610 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Al-Hakam II is the 2,073rd most popular politician (up from 2,133rd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Spain (down from 187th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Spanish Politician.

Al-hakam II was the second of the four caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty. He is most famous for being the first caliph to be overthrown by the Abbasids, in 750 AD.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Hakam II ranks 2,073 out of 15,577Before him are Wang Jingwei, Philipp Scheidemann, Mieszko I of Poland, Musa ibn Nusayr, Edmund Ironside, and Marcus Claudius Tacitus. After him are Dagobert III, Leopoldo Galtieri, John IV Laskaris, Berenice IV of Egypt, Dangun, and Nikola IV Zrinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 915, Al-Hakam II ranks 1After him are Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Mutanabbi, Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Conrad I, Duke of Swabia, and Leo Phokas the Younger. Among people deceased in 976, Al-Hakam II ranks 3Before him are John I Tzimiskes and Emperor Taizu of Song. After him are Theophano and Pietro IV Candiano.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Al-Hakam II ranks 188 out of 2,932Before him are Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Tirso de Molina (1579), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), and Camilo José Cela (1916). After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Andrés Segovia (1893), Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Penélope Cruz (1974), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), and Alfonso III of Asturias (848).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Al-Hakam II ranks 68Before him are Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), Elizabeth of Portugal (1271), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), Princess Isabella of Parma (1741), Frederick III of Sicily (1272), and Adolfo Suárez (1932). After him are Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), Louis Blanc (1811), Alfonso the Battler (1073), Henry III of Castile (1379), and Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629).